The Ferris wheel, dubbed the Baghdad Eye, will soar more than 650 feet over the city and feature air-conditioned compartments that would each carry up to 30 passengers, Baghdad municipal spokesman Adel al-Ardawi said Wednesday.

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Tourism is a tough sell in Iraq

jerseyhoya wrote:

For Both conventions:

* Every time someone says "the next President of the United States," drink 1
* Every time the camera shows a sign with the name of your home state, drink one. Any time a speaker mentions your home state, drink one. For every speaker on stage from your home state, drink 2.
* Every time the camera shows a person in the general audience (not on stage) that you can name without the aid of a caption on TV, drink one.
* Every time a speaker compares the candidate of his or her OWN party to a past president, drink 1. If that past president is Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy or Reagan, drink 2.
* Every time a speaker compares the candidate of the OTHER party to a past president OTHER than George W. Bush, drink 1. If that president is Carter or Nixon, drink 2.
* Every time an "ordinary American" is mentioned by name by any speaker, drink 1. Take 1 additional drink for each affliction or hardship this person is suffering (e.g., lost a home, lost a job, lost health care, has cancer, etc. Children in excess of four count as an affliction). Take an additional drink if this person was the first person in his or her family to go to college.
* Any time any speaker says "flip-flop," take one drink of something other than whatever you had been drinking.
* Any time any speaker says "100 years or more" in reference to the Iraq war, drink something 100 proof or stronger.


For the Democratic convention:

* Every time someone says "hope" or "change," drink 1. If "monger" follows either of these, drink an additional two (hope-monger, change-monger). Drink an additional one if the speaker says "change we can believe in."
* Every time a speaker says "unity" or "unify," drink one, and only one.
* For every "terrorist fist bump," drink a shot, an Irish car bomb or a Jaeger bomb.
* Every time Biden says "literally," drink two.
* Every time a speaker says "failed policies of George Bush," drink 1. Every time a speaker makes a reference to a third Bush term, take three drinks
* Any time any speaker or reporter references McCain's age, take two drinks of something that's been aged.

For the Republican convention:

* Every time any speaker says "my friends," drink 1.
* Every time any speaker describes Obama as an "empty suit," empty your drink.
* Every time any speaker says "9/11" or "September 11th," drink one.
* For istewart, every time a person of color appears on the stage, drink 1. Drink two if that person is not J.C. Watts, Colin Powell, or Condoleeza Rice.
* Every time any speaker references or parodies any of Obama's campaign slogans (e.g. "change we can believe in," "yes we can," etc.), take a sip of your drink, spit it back into your glass/cup/bottle, and then drink again.
* Every time any speaker references Obama's youth or inexperience, take two drinks of something that hasn't been aged (vodka, most beer, etc.)
* Every time a country song is played during a musical interlude, drink two. Every time a song made famous by a black recording artist released after 1980 is played during a musical interlude, drink 5.

From a friend, from the poker site 2+2.

There's about a 99.8% chance I will be engaging in this during Hillary's speech tonight. The 0.2% is if Floppy's post game interview ties me up too long.

jerseyhoya wrote:Kerry is about to speak? Awesome. Now I can start hating your party again.

jerseyhoya wrote:None of the three cable networks are carrying Kerry's speech.

dajafi wrote:The bits of Clinton's speech I saw were really good. I've come to see him almost solely as a jet-setter/sport $#@!/has-been, but he still makes the populist case better than any other public figure in the country.

Got Kerry on right now (PBS) during the commercial of the game, and he's, well, he's doing the best he can.